- CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE WOOLF PLEDGES TO SUPPORT SECOND AMENDMENT IF ELECTED – Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) Website
Reporter Maury Thompson reports that Democratic congressional candidate Aaron Woolf has said he “will absolutely defend the Second Amendment” if elected to represent the 21st District.
- NY BUYS 8,451 ACRES OF FORMER FINCH, PRUYN LAND – NCPR ( Canton, NY) Website
The Associated Press reports that New York State has purchased an additional 8,451 acres of former Finch timberlands on 14 parcels in Fulton, Warren, Essex, and Hamilton counties.
- CANADIAN PACIFIC TALKS SAFETY – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Website
Reporter Lohr McKinstry reports that Canadian Pacific Railway has said that because of national security considerations, it can’t tell the public exactly what it would do at a rail disaster.
- WOOLF MAKES MEDIA ROUNDS – Adirondack Journal ( Warrensburg, NY) Website
Reporter Pete DeMola reports that Democratic congressional candidate Aaron Woolf has finally gone public with his campaign.
- STATE ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF MORE FORMER FINCH LANDS – Adirondack Almanack ( ) Website
A staff report notes that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced the latest phase of New York State’s acquisition of 69,000 acres, part of 161,000 acres of former Finch Pruyn lands (and others) purchased by the Nature Conservancy in 2007.
- REPLACEMENT PLANNED FOR MT. PISGAH TOWER – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Website
Reporter Denise Raymo reports that Franklin County is seeking a long-term lease with the Village of Saranac Lake for an upgraded but shorter communications tower on Mt. Pisgah.
